John Henry was just a little bitty boy. No bigger than the palm of your hand. His mammy looked down at John Henry and say. Johnny you're gonna be a steal drivin' man Lord lord.
The sun comes up, but I won't go down. I been real high up and I've hit the ground. . Memories of the past race through my mind. Just like that train on that old track of life.
I thought I was a gambler. Broke ev'ry shark in town. Until I met a rounder. Who called all I put down. We laid the cards on the table. He drew an ace high hand.
It's my fault now that I've lost you you were right to let me go. People said it's gonna cost you I just said she'll never know. I stepped around and kept on lying.
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW. (Floyd Tillman - Jimmie Davis). '39 Peer International. . Makes no difference now what kind of life they hands me. I'll get along without you now that's plain to see.
Well, I'm all strung out in Texas. and I think I'm gonna lose my mind. Well, all my friends in Texas. they always have a damn good time. . 'Cause we've been drinkin' for 30 days.
If you ever go across the sea to Ireland. Then maybe at the closing of the day. You will sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh. And see the sun go down on Galway Bay.
I loved a gal who invented kissin', I don't recall her name. But I do believe that gal should sit high up in the hall of fame. Until she came along just think what we were missin'.
Well I was driving by myself through Tennessee. and I broke down on the side of the road, look at me. . Well I got a mohawk, and that's really sad. that I don't think that they'll think I'm a good man.
(In the valley of the moon). Down the lane we strolled. 'Neath the roses in the valley of the moon. And I lost my love. 'Neath the roses in the valley of the moon.
Hey motherfucker. you don't have to tell me. I know that I am not like you. I'm not like you. . You don't have a way. I don't have a way. You don't have a sign.
Frosty the Snowman. Was a happy, jolly soul. With a corncob pipe and a button nose. And two eyes made out of coal. . Frosty the Snowman. Is a fairytale, they say.
IN THE MOOD. Writers Joe Garland, Andy Razof. . Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me" Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude" He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood" First I held him lightly and we started to dance Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three There's a mess of moonlight, won't-cha share it with me" "Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood" In the mood, that's what he told me In the mood, and when he told me In the mood, my heart was skippin' It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now" In the mood for all his kissin' In the mood his crazy lovin' In the mood what I was missin' It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now" So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude" He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood" "Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood" Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me" Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude" He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood" First I held him lightly and we started to dance Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three It's a mess of moonlight, won't-cha share it with me" "Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood".
From a jack to a king from loneliness to a wedding ring. I played an Ace and I won a Queen and walked away with your heart. From a jack to a king with no regrets I stackled the cards last night.
IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW. (Jimmie Rodgers). '28 Peer International. . I had a friend named Rambling Bob who used to steal gamble and rob. He thought he was the smartest guy in town.
Far across the deep blue water lives an old German's daughter. By the banks of the old River Rhine. Where I loved her and lost her but I can't forget her.
You don't even want to know. the shit I go through. . You don't even wanna see. the hell it put me through. . 'Cause it's bad and it's rough. and it always calls your bluff.
Well my worn-out boots are taking me downtown. and I'm looking for trouble and I wanna get loud.. . Serve me up a drink and I'll shoot it right down. and I'll jump up on the bar and holler "One more round!".
In the back of your mind is there still a familiar song. Are you wondering where you right or wrong for walking out. In the back of your mind is there still a little part of me.
Now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts; oh Lordy how they could love. Swore to be true to each other, true as the stars above. He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.